Wheel-tire.



D. RONGONI.

WHEEL TIRE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. l, 1911 1,008,284. Patented N0v .7,1 911.

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1. r IIIl'lIIII/IIII/I subject of the King of Italy,

. necessity of carrying extra tiresfor the pun pose of .replacin% UNITED .SQATES PATENT OFFICE DOMENICO RONCONI, or nAL'rmonE, MARYLAND;

- WHEEL-TIRE;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented not. 7, 1911.

Application med February 1, 1911. serial in. 605,804.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, DoMnmco RONCONI, a

residin' at Baltimore city, State of Maryland, ave invented certain new and useful Improve-1 ments in Wheel-Tires, of which the follow ingis' a specification.

My invention relates an improvement in 'wheel tires for automobiles-and the like,

and for its object to provide a tirefor vehicles of this class which may be uickly and "easily repaired, and dispenses with the those which inay b s-dam- ,a ggect or*in]ured y accident" or otherwise, in

- 'ordertthat a journey may. be continued with- 3' but the'tlelay incident to the making of immediate repairs to those in use. The further object beingto provide a tire of this character whichdispenses with the necessity of "carrying-a number of such extra tires for.

the-purposes as above stated, thereby reducing the weight to be carried by the vehicle,

and also reducing the cost incidentto; the

purchase of such extra tires, by theuse of tires constructed in accordance wuth invention. to a minimum, as comp'ared with the cost of purchasing the ordinary tires for.

such purposes now in use.

With the foregoing objects in view, my

- invention consists in certainnovel features of construction andfc tire applied. thereto Fig.

which will be hereinafter described and pointed out' in theclaim.

' Reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part. ofthis specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation .of'a or-: tion .of a wheel with my the applied; ig. 2 is a transverse sectional vi'e' htjmf the same; Fig. 3 is a perspective, view ofi'the male end 'of one .of the sections; F' 4* is a portion of a wheel with a modi ed form of my Y 5 -is a section through the outer tire; Fig. 6 is a perspective viewof the adjacent ends of two the sections; Fig; 7 is a perspective view of the joined ends of the bindin rods, and Fig-8 1s a longitudinal section. 1; tough the device shown in Fig-7. r

. A, indicates-the hub of a wheel,1 the spokes, 2 thefelly; 3 the rim, preferably made from metal, and havin its side edgesextended beyond'and over aglging the fclly2-as at4,4; '5 the inner tube, ade from rubber or a rubber. compositioh,

ombina't-ions of parts made from an rubber or rub ing composed lappin on each of their ends their entire circumerence as indicated at 8 and 9 respectively as shown in Fig. 1. Providedon er composition, the tire 6 bethe lower edges of each of these sections is a metal strip 10,.provided with a flange 11, secured thereon b yany suitable means, such asthe rivets'indicated 12, the flan e 11 of the strip is provid'ed'with a longitu inal slot '13-, communicatingwith' a transverse open ing 14, the flange 4, of the rim 3, being pro vided with van opening 15, through which suitable material, preferably of a series ofsections'l, over- 'is extended a bolt 16, provided with a nut 17 by which-means the sections 7 are secured on the rim Each end is bent outwardly part, and provided with apertures 18, in-

serted through which are bolts 19, having nuts 20 provided thereon, by which means 'the sections areisecuredtogether, endto "isreduced on the ends as indicated at 21 and 22 respectively, so thatwhen secured together, the combined thicknesses'of the sections at these pointslequals thethickness of a section at it-sthickest p'oint, and" the outer surfaces are flush on' the face of the tire; provided "on the reduced -,ends.of the sec tions are male or stud membei's 23 of in which is longitudinally provided an opening 27, having metal binding rods 28. ex-. tended therethrough by which the sections composing the the are secured on the felly 2; the ends of the binding rods being each ed. at 30, into which is secured the ends 31 and 32 respectively of thebinding rods 28,

adapted to be filled or [blown upjvith air; Gthe tire or outer casing,.

which rods are threaded at 33 for the purpose-of being screvged thereon; the nipples of the strips 10 at right angles to the body 'end." The thickness of each of the sections a. snap"-fastening button, adapted to be the overlapping ends of the.

provided with a nipple 29, inwardly threadare reduced on their opposite ends as indicated at 34 and 35' respectively for the purpose of being overlapped, and are secured together by means of the bolts 36,

Prm'ided on the sections near their lower edges a male or stud member 37, adapted to be sprung into the female or socket member 38 in the'fiap 25 for the purpose of securing the sections 7 together, end to end, the fastening devices being of the same construction as those previously described and used to secure the overlapping ends of the sections together.

The tire as constructed may be readily ttli-F-fi apart and a new section put in to relac! that of another which may have beme injured without dispensing with the entire tire, and in the same manner the life of the tire may be prolonged by inserting a new section whenever the -occasion may demand, thereby renewing the tire section by section as the sections inaybecome demagod or rendered unfit from any cause whatsoever. The 'construci ion of the tire is such that it ean-be-quicl w assembled or the parts removed, and rent s it only necessary to carry a few of the sectional parts for purposes of repair instead of a complete casing or casings as is customary where the tire or casing is made of a single iece of material thus in the case of an accident or other mishap to the tire the entire tire must be replaced or immediate repair made necessary ofttimes causing prolonged delay.

Slight changes and alterations might be 35 resorted toin the form and arrangement of the several parts described, without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, and hence I do not wish to limit myself to the exact construction as herein set 40 forth; but,

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is;

A tire of the character described, comprising a plurality of are-shaped sections having overlapping ends which overlap t: '=ir entire circumference, means for detachably securing said overlapped ends together above their edges, and means permanently secured to the side edges of each individual arc-shaped section, said means ex tending along said side edges at the exposed portion only, and adapted to cooperate with the means on the adjacent section together to form a tire.

In'testimony whereof I aflix my sigmr floplel of this patent maybe obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner or l'atents,

Washington, D. 0." 

